Advertising device.



E. HAGEN. ADVERTISING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. so. 1902.

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.911. waif-a7 'Hall Road, Kings: Norton, Worcester, Eng- UNIT-ED srarnsPATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLPH HAGEN, OF KINGS NORTON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO LIVERMORE ANDKNIGHT:

00., OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND,

A CORPORATION OF RHODE ISLAND.

ADVERTISING DE'VICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 30, 1908. Serial No. 465,083.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Renown IiAGEN, subject of His Majesty the King ofGreat Britain, residingat Enderby, Middleton l land, have invented newand useful Improvements in Advertising Devices, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to an a paratus for displaying advertisements theo ject of 'the device being to make the displayed matter ap car asthough it' were floating in the air.

K ow according to this invention I provide a suitable frame of wood,cardboard, millboard or of any other suitable material across which isstretched a piece of gauze, chiffon, muslin, gossamer, or other suitablematerial and secured thereto by glue or other suitable means. Secured tothe front of the gauze, muslin, or other material is the matter to bedisplayed which may be devices, pictures, figures, letters, or acombination of these or any of them.

'lhe object of using gauze or such like material is to prevent theillusion from being destroyed by the material of which the background iscomposed being easily visible or by the glitter of a polishcd surfacewhen ex posed to a strong light as would result, if wire netting forinstance, in the one case, and glass or transparent celluloid, in theother case, were substituted for the gauze or similar material.

The frames may be provided with loobs or hooks by means of which theymay be suspended in any convenient lace, or I may attach suitablesupports to t is back of the frame, or may hinge together two or moreframes as hereinbefore described in such a manner as to mutually supportone another.

My invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings in which IFigure 1 shows an advertlsing device constructed according to thisinvention adapted to be suspended in any convenient p ace. Fig. 2 issection of same; F ig. 3 shows an advertising device adaptedto be placedon a counter or table or other Iikesupport. Fig. 4 is end view of same.Fig. 5 1's section of same.

The same letters denote the same parts in all the figures.

a is a frame of wood, cardboard, millboard, or of any other suitablematerial, the

frame being shown elliptical by Fig. 1', and

rectangular by Fig. 3.

b is a piece of gauze, chiffon, muslin, hsse,

gossamer, or other suitable material which is stretched across the backof the frame a and is secured thereto by glue or other suitable means.This gauze or other suitable mate rial which, although shown in coarsemesh in the drawings for the sake of ofiicial reproduction, is of veryfine texture and is dark gray, neutral tinted, smokecolor,-or black, orof any other color or tint which absorbs the rays of light so as to benot readily discernible when exposed to the lightof the sun or to anartificial light. v

The matter to be displayed is made of paper, celluloid, tinfoil, orother'suitable material, and may consist of letters 0, an illustrationof an article d, a numeral, or numerals e, a picture or a combination ofletters, dc vices and. pictures or any of them. vertising matter issecured to the material I) by glue or other suitable means.

When the advertising device such as is shown by Fig. 1 is suspended in ashop window, or other convenient place or position, the advertisementappears to be floating in the air.

1n the case of-thc device shown by. Figs. 3, 4, and 5, the inner portionof the supportf is of such a shade as to blend with the color of I thematerial I) so as to render the material I) not readily discernible whenexposed tothe light.

It will be understood that my invention ay he applied in various ways ofwhich the illustrations given are merely examples.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesis An advertisin r dcvicecomprising a frame, a background 0 textilematerial of fine texture and of a neutral tint secured to said frame andcharacters secured to said background.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name-to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

RUDOLPH HAGEN.

Witnesses:

CHAS. JosErn FnnsuwATnn, Enuns'r HARKER.

Patented July 13, 1909. I

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